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Multiple experimental methods successfully induce ego depletion in psychological studies

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CONTESTED
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The claim that multiple experimental methods successfully induce ego depletion is contested, as large-scale preregistered replications and recent meta-analyses have frequently failed to reliably reproduce the original effects, leading to widespread debate in the psychological literature.

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The prompt asks whether multiple experimental methods successfully induce ego depletion. The provided papers show a deep division in the literature: while foundational work and some researchers maintain the phenomenon exists (e.g., Papers 0 and 3), numerous recent multi-lab replication crises, failed studies, and methodological criticisms have challenged the reliability and validity of these experimental inductions (e.g., Papers 1 and 2). This places the status of the effect firmly in CONTESTED territory.

Evidence for · 2
Self-Control, Ego Depletion, and Social Psychology’s Replication Crisis
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Roy Baumeister. Self-Control, Ego Depletion, and Social Psychology’s Replication Crisis. 2019. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/uf3cn

Paper 0 provides Baumeister's historical and contemporary defense of ego depletion methods and evidence.

Evidence against · 2
Does Willpower Mindset Really Moderate the Ego-Depletion Effect? A Preregistered Replication of Job, Dweck, and Walton (2010)
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Nicholas Carruth, Jairo Ramos, Akira Miyake. Does Willpower Mindset Really Moderate the Ego-Depletion Effect? A Preregistered Replication of Job, Dweck, and Walton (2010). 2018. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/8cqpk

Paper 1 reports a failed preregistered replication of an influential ego depletion study, casting doubt on the robustness of the effect.

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Making Sense of Ego Depletion: The Replication Crisis, a Path Forward, and Lessons for Accounting Researchers
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Patrick Joseph Hurley. Making Sense of Ego Depletion: The Replication Crisis, a Path Forward, and Lessons for Accounting Researchers. 2022. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/hcq9e

Paper 3 suggests that depletion is a real phenomenon even if its effect sizes and underlying strength models are heavily debated.

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Difficulties with Replication and Vulnerability of Refutation: the Case of “Ego Depletion Effect”
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D.A. Leontiev. Difficulties with Replication and Vulnerability of Refutation: the Case of “Ego Depletion Effect”. 2020. https://doi.org/10.17759/exppsy.2020130414

Paper 2 highlights the ongoing controversy, numerous failed independent replications, and incoherent meta-analytic results surrounding ego depletion.

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judged → CONTESTED · 3601 Aug 2026
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